Get out of your comfort zone, the more time you spend out there the more comfortable it will become. I realised this first when learning to snowboard, I found

Get out of your comfort zone, the more time you spend out there the more comfortable it will become. I realised this first when learning to snowboard, I found I progressed the best when I did the hard runs. An easy day going down some green runs didn't really help me progress. It was when I pushed myself to try the harder runs that I seemed to progress the quickest.